Man Throws “Bomb” Over Keys Post Office Counter, Is Arrested

Empty crates sit next to a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail box in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. The U.S. Postal Service said its net loss last year widened to $15.9 billion, more than the $15 billion it had projected, as mail volume continued to drop, falling 5 percent. (Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

MARATHON, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — During the holidays, many of us endure long lines at the post office to mail out gifts to friends and family. Juan Zigler, 69, was at the post office with a gift for the employees: a bomb threat.

Zigler is charged with threatening to blow up a post office in Marathon.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says Zigler handed post office clerks a garbled note Friday, threatening to blow up the building. They say he then threw an object over the counter that clerks thought might be a firecracker.

When deputies arrived, they arrested Zigler. The object appeared to be a battery with a wire attached to it.

Zigler was charged with making a false bomb report and delivering a hoax bomb and released.